Shows Like This Week
If you liked This Week (1981), a news and war & politics series, here are 20 shows with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.
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CBS News Sunday Morning (1979)
★ 6.8/10Also newsThe sparkling notes of a trumpet fanfare and the familiar logo of the sun alert viewers that it's time for CBS's Sunday morning staple. Journalist Jane Pauley helms the show, taking over hosting duties from Charles…
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The Rat Patrol (1966)
★ 7.2/10Also war & politicsThe exploits of four Allied soldiers — three Americans and one Englishman — who are part of a long-range desert patrol group in the North African campaign during World War II. Their mission: "to attack, harass and…
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Liberty's Kids (2002)
★ 7.7/10Also war & politicsLiberty's Kids is an animated educational historical fiction television series produced by DIC Entertainment, originally broadcast on PBS Kids from September 2, 2002 to April 4, 2003, although PBS continued to air…
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Brexitcast (2019)
Also news and war & politicsThis hit podcast turned TV show features four of the BBC's wittiest political commentators, bringing you the most digestible explanations of Brexit along with Westminster gossip, trivia, running gags, and daft…
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The Dinosaur Hour (2023)
Also newsComedy legend John Cleese presents The Dinosaur Hour, a new discussion show for GB News. In this series, John has the opportunity to talk to the people he most admires about the subjects that matter most to him.
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Good Morning America (1975)
★ 4.9/10Also newsGood Morning America is a daily American television show on the ABC television network. The program features news, interviews, weather forecasts, special-interest stories, and segments such as "Pop News" and "Play of…
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Nightline (1980)
★ 5.6/10Also newsNightline, or ABC News Nightline, is a late-night news program that is broadcast by ABC in the United States, and has a franchised formula to other networks and stations elsewhere in the world. Created by Roone…
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Pursuit of Jade (2026)
★ 8.1/10Also war & politicsThis drama follows Fan Changyu, a butcher’s daughter, and Xie Zheng, a fallen noble seeking revenge. Their fake marriage turns into true love, but war tears them apart. Determined, Fan Changyu wields her butcher’s…
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The Barrier (2020)
★ 7/10Also war & politicsOne family’s fight for survival in a future dystopian Madrid illustrates the disparity between two worlds separated by a fence — and so much more.
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A Very British Coup (1988)
★ 7.9/10Also war & politicsWorking-class, left-leaning Harry Perkins is elected PM. As he works to implement social change via democratic process, the conservatives and their allies quietly begin working to remove him. Perkins' goals include…
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Legend of Princess Chang-Ge (2025)
★ 7.5/10Also war & politicsShortly after astrology predicts destruction to befall the Tang Dynasty, a coup d'état led by the crown prince Li's very own brother kills him and his wife and sons. Li's daughter, princess Yongning, manages to escape…
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Joy of Life (2019)
★ 8/10Also war & politicsZhang Qing, a present-day college student in culture and history major wants to study in professor Ye's postgraduate class, so he decides to write a historical fiction to elaborate his perspective of analyzing ancient…
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Frontline: Our Soldiers Facing Putin (2026)
Also war & politicsAs the war in Ukraine grinds into its fourth year and Russia steps up provocations along NATO’s borders, the West finds itself at a pivotal moment in history. Threatened by Russia’s renewed belligerence and amid…
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Spin (2012)
★ 6.5/10Also war & politicsThe President of the French Republic, visiting Saint-Etienne in the Loire, in a striking plant dies, victim of a bomb attack. The political world is agitated: early presidential elections to be held within the next…
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Nemesis (2024)
Also newsA landmark series taking you inside the recent Coalition government in a revealing tale of politics, ambition and power. Key players tell all in riveting no holds barred interviews.
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The Daily Show (1996)
★ 6.4/10Also newsThe World's Fakest News Team tackle the biggest stories in news, politics and pop culture.
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Mister Sterling (2003)
★ 8.2/10Also war & politicsMister Sterling is an American television serial drama created by Lawrence O'Donnell that ran from January to March in 2003. It starred Josh Brolin as an idealistic United States Senator, and featured Audra McDonald…
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Il Testimone (2007)
★ 8.2/10Also news"Il testimone" (i.e. The witness) is a tv show created, made and presented by Pif. Every episode consists of a "mini-reportage", filmed through a little camera that Pif brings himself. This makes the spectator feel as…
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Sunset in the Golden State (2019)
★ 5.5/10Also newsStefan Molyneux, host of Freedomain Radio, travels to California to explore all of the political, economic, moral and demographic complexities of the Golden State. What he learned astounded him—what he shows you will…
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Blue Eyes (2014)
★ 7.6/10Also war & politicsHigh adrenaline Swedish political thriller from the creative talent behind Humans – An extreme right-wing party is heading towards its best election result when the chief of staff at the Justice Department disappears…